Middlesbrough 2–2 Cardiff
Middlesbrough
2–2HT 0–2
Cardiff
Middlesbrough played Cardiff in the Championship on 17 October 2026 at Riverside Stadium. The match finished 2–2.
Goals and cards
- 19'Brian Barry-Murphy — Yellow card
- 22'Jack Moylan (assist by Ollie·Tanner)
- 25'Joel Bagan — Yellow card
- 45+1'Ollie·Tanner (assist by Jack Moylan)
- 58'Tommy Conway (assist by Callum Brittain)
- 61'will lankshear (assist by Amario Cozier-Duberry)
- 83'Gabriel Osho — Red card
- 88'Jack Moylan — Yellow card
Line-ups
Middlesbrough 4-2-3-1
- R. Vítek
- C. Brittain
- L. Ayling
- A. Phillips
- Neto Borges
- A. Morris
- A. Malanda
- A. Cozier-Duberry
- R. McGree
- T. Conway
- K. Joseph
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Sarmiento
- M. Peart-Harris
- M. Arfsten
- C. Barron
- S. Berhalter
- S. Brynn
- S. Byram
- Leo Castledine
- W. Lankshear
- COACHES: K. Hellberg
Cardiff 4-1-4-1
- N. Trott
- R. Kpakio
- K. Bielik
- G. Osho
- J. Bagan
- A. Robertson
- O. Tanner
- J. Colwill
- Cian Ashford
- C. Willock
- J. Moylan
- SUBSTITUTES
- W. Fish
- P. Moreno
- T. Perrett
- C. Scanlon
- R. Tankiewicz
- D. Turnbull
- I. Davies
- H. Tyrer
- Charlie Holt
- COACHES: B. Barry-Murphy
Match statistics
| Middlesbrough | Cardiff | |
|---|---|---|
| 406 | Accurate passes | 308 |
| 21 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 13 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 11 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 10 | Free kicks | 9 |
| 12 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 8 |
| 11 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 3 | Offsides | 4 |
| 486 | Total passes | 378 |
| 34 | Total shots | 7 |
| 11 | Corners | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 9 | Fouls | 10 |
| 56% | Possession | 44% |
| 2.67 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.91 |